Flour-bin hanger.



W. W. HBISLER.

FLOUR BIN HANGER.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 28, 1912.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

WILLIAM W. HEISLER, OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON.

FLOURr-BIN HANGER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WVILLIAM W. HEISLER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Auburn, in the county of Kingand State of VVashingt'on, have invented new and useful Improvements inFlour-Bin Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

M'y invention relates to improvements in fiour bin hangers, and has forits object the hanging or hinging of a flour bin in a frame in such amanner that it will not come loose from the frame when being used, butat the same time can be easily taken from and replaced in the frame forthe purpose of cleaning. I attain these objects by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a frontView of a flour bin showing my invention, with the bin closed; Fig. 2 isa top view of a flour bin with my improved hanger, the top of the framework being removed, showing the hanger and the location of the two pinsupon which the same turns; and Fig. 3 is a sectional inside View of aportion of a flour bin showing the position and shape of the hanger whenthe bin is closed.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the construction and use of my improved flour bin hanger, arectangular frame, Figs. 1 and 2, is used. The bin is constructed so asto loosely fit in the frame, Fig. 2. The bin hanger is constructed of athin metal plate, J, which is screwed fast to an upper corner of thebin. An opening, A, is cut in the metal plate, Fig. 3, and the woodunderneath the same cut away sufficiently to permit the two pinshereinafter referred to, to work in the plate opening A.

Two metal pins, B and C, are made fast to the upper portion of the framein such a position as to come immediately above the portions of theopening D and E in the plate when the bin is closed into the frame asshownin Fig. 1. At the opposite lower corner of the bin a metal pin, F,is made fast to the lower portion of the frame, Fig. 1, and a metalplate screwed fast to the lower portion of the bin through which is ahole Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 28, 1912.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

Serial No. 717,448.

adapted to swing over the pin F, as shown in Fig. 1. The opening Athrough the plate J is made somewhat S-shaped, and the pins B and C areplaced such a distance apart as to enable the two projections or points,G and H, Fig. 2, to be between the pins when thev bin is closed as inFig. 2. The weight of the bin as it swings out when being opened,together with the projection of the points G and H, forces the bin toturn on pin B at the top and pin F at the bottom of the frame, allowingthe bin to be opened and shut like a door, theportion of the bin whichshuts into the frame, K, being made circular, so as to enable it toswing in and out of the frame, the projections Gr and H preventing thebin from falling from the frame, the S-shaped opening through the plateJ permitting the bin to be easily removed from and replaced in theframe. The shape of this opening A when working over the two pins B andG serves to hold the bin firmly in place in every position when beingopened and closed. The distance between the two pins B and C is the sameas the distance between pin C and the shoulder I on the plate J, Figs. 2and 3. Therefore, when the bin is being opened and closed the curvedsurface of the opening A coming in contact with the pin C keeps the pinB in its proper place, and forces it into place should it be removed.

I claim:

The combination in a flour bin hanger of a metal plate screwed fast toan upper corner of a flour bin, an S-shaped opening through the plate,two pins made fast to the upper portion of the frame at a distance apartcorresponding to the distance between the curves in the opening, a metalpin made fast to the opposite lower corner of the frame working in ahole through a plate screwed fast to the lower corner of the bin, withthe portion of the bin opposite the hangers made circular in shape, allsubstantially as described.

WVILLIAM WV. I-IEISLER.

WVitnesses:

F. L. BERNER, IV. C. HERRIMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner 0! Yatents. Washington, D. C.

